Guernsey: Finance and Banking

Private investment funds ("PIFs") were introduced by the GFSC in 2016 as a simple and quick-to-market Guernsey fund open to specific types of investors. The rules were updated in 2021 and again in May 2025.

Guernsey's streamlined private investment fund (PIF) regime provides a highly flexible and cost-efficient fund solution catering for all asset classes across a wide range of managers...

Guernsey has a number of fund regulatory regimes in place, setting out the requirements to obtain the necessary permissions from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

The process of winding up a Guernsey fund involves several important considerations that boards, fund managers, investment advisers and administrators...

Guernsey's fourth annual Sustainable Finance Week will amplify its strong commitment to the sustainable finance agenda through topical discussions on the finance industry's role in a sustainable future.

In this episode, group partner Zoë Hallam and senior associate Alice Wight from our Guernsey and Jersey Banking & Finance teams talk to Slade Spalding, the co-founder of alternative fund finance...

This memorandum will briefly set out the types of share provided for under the Companies Law, and the principal provisions of the Companies Law relating to the issue of shares, alteration of share capital, purchase of own shares and financial assistance for the acquisition of a company’s own shares.

Section 1 of the Companies (Financial Assistance for Acquisition of Own Shares) Ordinance, 1998 restricts the giving of financial assistance by a Guernsey company or any of its subsidiaries which is a Guernsey company, for the purpose of the acquisition of shares in GCo or in reducing or discharging a liability incurred for the purpose of the acquisition.

Europe’s role in the global investment fund market has become increasingly prominent. The introduction of alternative investment strategies has created a more competitive arena and, as a result, jurisdictions closer to the European market are increasingly becoming a more attractive platform for offshore investments.

In this episode, we speak to Hannah Simons, Head of Sustainability at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets. Hannah discusses sustainable financing solutions including transition finance initiatives...

The Trading Standards (Fair Trading) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2023 (the "Trading Standards Ordinance") is due to come into force on 2 October 2023. From this date, businesses in Guernsey...

This briefing is the second in a series of briefings by Walkers on the Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2022 (the "LCFL"), and provides an overview of the licensing...